Featured Image: Photo by Paul Lin on Unsplash Ross Belle Balatbat Mother – in defining it – it is virtually endless. Because motherhood is inherent to the individual they are not aware that their role as mothers is written all over…
Day: May 11, 2018
CHANCERY NOTICE – World Communications Day
Chancery Notice World Communications Day The 52nd World Communications Day is celebrated this year on Sunday 13 May, Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, with the theme: «“The truth will set you free” (Jn 8: 32). Fake news and…
THE FOURTH ESTATE – Professor José Manuel Simões On World Communications Day
Pedro Daniel Oliveira The 52nd World Communications Day, to be marked on Sunday, May 13, is “extremely important” for university professor José Manuel Simões, since the “Fourth Estate” [or “Fifth Column”], namely the press, has the role of contributing to…
O CLARIM STAFF CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING LUNCH
Macau Bishop Stephen Lee joined O Clarim staff and contributors for a thanksgiving lunch to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the diocesan weekly on 9 May, Wednesday. The Bishop prayed that the periodical will continue to be an instrument for…
MACAU RENEWS FAITH IN MARY – A Year After The Centenary Of Apparitions At Fatima
Pedro Daniel Oliveira One year after the celebration of the centenary of the Apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, the Diocese of Macau marks the occasion in Saint Dominic’s Church on Sunday, May 13. The Mass in Chinese starts at 8:00 AM,…
CHURCH’S PREFERENTIAL OPTION FOR THE POOR (II) – Confronting poverty and misery in Yolanda’s wake
Fr Leonard E Dollentas On November 8, 2013 the Philippines was struck by powerful typhoon Yolanda (International name Haiyan). At least 6,300 people died from the disaster according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (the Philippine government-run…